Loose-leaf assembly



May 15`, 1928.

L. MIDDLEDxTcl-i LOOSE LEAF v ASSEMBLY Filed Jan. 29. 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNE Y Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED STATES yPATENT OFFICE.

LYMIAN MIDDLEDITCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOOSE-LEAF ASSEMBLY.

Application filed-January 29, 1927. Serial No. 164,408.

rlhis invention relates to loose-leaf assemblies; especially to theclass, such as pads, in which it is desired to remove the sheets with aminimum of etliort, and the main object and feature ofthe invention isthe production of a loose-leaf assembly in which no adjustment isnecessary to remove the sheets and which automatically adapts itself toa lessening number of sheets.

In the accompanying drawings the inven tion is shown in a concrete andpreferred form in which:

F ig. l is a top plan view of a loose leaf assembly embodying apreferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View similar to F ig. l with the post guardscrews and top plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view substantially on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

l indicates a suitablek backing member from the face of which extends aplurality of posts 2 here two in number. 3 is a pack of sheets offlexible material such as paper, each of which is provided with a numberof perforations 4 and 5, here two in number. The perforation markedliits one of the posts fairly snugly but the perforation 5 is somewhatlarger than the post it engages. The object ofthis feature is that itkeeps the pack of sheets nicely a-lined without positively clamping themand withal allows said sheets to be readily introduced over the postsfrom the top thereof, for it will be noted, that although slots 6 arecut in the paper these slots are not for the purpose of permitting thesheets to be introduced endwise over the posts but are merely for thepurpose of facilitating their removal from the posts.

7 indicates a loose weight of smaller area than the sheets and thisweight slides loosely on the posts so that, as the sheets are removed,it moves downward and tends to keep the sheets in position and alsogives a finished appearance to the assembly. Said weight is preferablyprovided with perfoi-ations 8 and 9, the former fitting one of the postsfairly snugly and the latter being somewhat larger than the other postwhich it engages. l0 indicates screws, threaded into the upper ends ofthe posts and having heads larger in diameter than the posts, but thesescrews really perform no function eX- cept to act as stops against theweight when the assembly is full.

The sheets may be removed as may be desired by simply pulling them outfrom engagement with the posts without loosening of the screws and bythe arrangement shown the pack will not be disturbed but Will be keptnested in position, the weight moving down as theshcets are removed; lfdesired, the sheets may be torn along edge 11 of the weight.

To replenish the pad, the screws and the weight are removed and thepaper is introduced over the top of the posts, after which the weightand screws are replaced.

I claim:

A loose leaf assembly including: a backing member, two posts extendingfrom the face thereof, a pack of sheets, resting on said backing member,having two perforations, one of which engages one of the posts snuglyand the other of which is somewhat larger than the other post itengages, and a loose weight/,of lesser area than the sheets, having twoperforations one'of which engages one of the posts snugly and the otherof which is somewhat larger than the othel` post which it engages.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city, county and State of New York,this 19 day of January, 1927.

LYMAN MIDDLEDITCH.

